I REDESIGNED the Arc Browser from Scratch
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- čas přidán 8. 09. 2024
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Email me: kulkarni.nikhil216@gmail.com
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I'm a designer based out in Bay Area, CA looking for my first full time opportunity in UX. I have a background in design and animation from DePaul University out in Chicago, and have completed both UX internships and media based freelance work over the past few years.
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why did i watch this till the end I am a lawyer 😭
Cool to see people from all fields in these types of videos
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Using Arc almost since launch, and I totally agree with all your proposed changes. Simply amazing, congrats!
so glad it resonated with you! was there a specific feature that I proposed that would really impact your usage?
@@nikhil_kulk ignored!!! xD
"from scratch" is a bit of a stretch don't you think?
I agree. However part of making a CZcams video pop up in browse is finding key word comparisons that fit the style most similarly. While the other titles I had brainstormed were a bit more accurate, I felt this one would do better in CZcams’s search engine/recommendations for my target audience and knew the trade off would be this type of question haha. So I appreciate you Alex for pointing it out and for viewing it regardless! :)
@@nikhil_kulkit’s called click bait, don’t do it, there is a balance between making a good title and still keeping it real. A lot of people are quick to dislike clickbaity content
@@JoeyJooste yeah totally Agra with you, we gave him one credit just for this video
@@JoeyJoosteno. every youtube video is a bit clickbait in 2024. just saying from scratch is not really serious. and i completely understand from a new channel
@@nikhil_kulk man, I liked the video, but honestly, for me, your attitude sucks. You clearly state that you prefer goals over truth, and that's is an awful trait in a human being. Anyway, good luck with your search, I am pretty sure lots of companies will value your skills more than me
Ohh My God how did he pinpoint all the quirks I noticed about Arc. Damm! Arc hire this guy fast.
(Especially The dragging of split tabs to separate them)
As an passionate Arc user, you've nailed this. Everything you have said not only matches the usage patterns I have, but also the frustrations. Splitting tabs, finding open tabs, not accidentally removing a favourite, finding a tab that's hidden in my folder tree.
All these changes are very subtle in the grand scheme of things, which is exactly what any product development needs to manage the changes. I hope the team at Arc reach out.
Arc team, hire this man
I appreciate you! was there a change that I had made that felt impactful in your own usage?
@@ElisaEchevarria-zx4sv ai go brrr
I love what you're going for here. But I personally find that you've added a lot of visual clutter. I love the minimalist "border only" view I have when using arc. That's 90% of the reason why I switched from chrome. I used to use chrome in fullscreen just to avoid seeing the top bar.
I mean, where did he add a lot of visual clutter? Other than adding two buttons to the top right I fail to see what you're referring to. If you hide the toolbar, those buttons would just appear on the sidebar, just like the extensions do now... Also, if you're not already hiding the toolbar, you should be considering your preferences on this.
This should reach to BCNY !!! damn good designing bro :)
Thank you so much homie!
I think your redesign is good but one thing to keep in mind is its reliance on the toolbar. I'm sure i'm not the only user who never enables the toolbar--it's one of my favorite things about arc: having a full no-clutter screen with no toolbar or sidebar open that really makes it feel like I am using an app rather than a browser. Maybe there is a good solution to this? But sometimes sacrifices have to be made 🤷♂
You bring up a really great point! The reliance on the tool bar is definitely there within my proposed designs and yet I still feel like I can get a solid experience with its existence compared to a double opened side bar. As time moves on I'm sure there will be more customization of features but as they continue to improve the product both on desktop and mobile, iterations will need to be had for finding the best case scenario. Thank you so much for watching! (also your profile picture of the cat is so cute! haha)
love how the algorithm while using Arc Browser right now suggest this video... definitely a must need changes
Your research includes 8 people. That is nowhere near enough to reliably conclude anything.
For Windows users, it has no major improvement compare to other existing browsers. It's only the UI that changed. No features unlike macOS have. So it's just another normal app that takes 1.5GB on your storage.
excellent video, was shocked to see its the only one on the channel, really looking forward to more from you. one thing id say is id love to see more comparisons between the original design and yours, sometimes you just show the new result and its hard to follow
Here before you get famous! This video not only took professional design skills but also mad video editing skills. Kudos!
Thank you Snehil! Glad you enjoyed the vid especially the editing!
The main issue with arc is that the main problem its trying to takle has been fiexed for decades now with book marcs and having book marcs linked to tab groups makes it more confusing when openeing new tabs as it allways refers to older bookmarks. I think edge is way more elegant with bookmarks and simple bookmark grouping.
Arc give this guy a job! While I don’t agree with his direction (I want shortcuts because shortcuts mean I’m a superuser and I need to be super in at least something in life) I ❤his thought process and audacity. We need more of this
There's a keyboard shortcut to close split screens in settings. It's called "separate page from split view" in the shortcuts tab of settings.
i disagree with many of your choices ... for me it's one of THE features of arc, that there is no top-bar. it's just the most efficient way to use all screen estate with smaller laptops. so relying on a topbar to tidy up a library, that really you wohn't use in everyday use ... not worth it imo ...
Thanks for the feedback Leo and I appreciate you watching! :)
Pretty good redesign, definitely a good looking video aswell. But the library feature wasn't necessarily bad in my opinion. Relying on the toolbar to always be visible is worse. Same thing with showing which tabs are open and which aren't. It's not necessarily a problem, I think it's actually part of Arc's experience of never having to worry about which tabs you leave open. It all happens automatically for you. If I could see which are open this experience would be somewhat ruined and I would be worrying about closing tabs. The split screen part is great though, I hate how difficult it is to unsplit a splitscreen view.
Nice work, you did reintroduce the top navigation bar, this is visually more cluttered then the current version on macos but I get where you are going
The top navigation bar is already in arc, you just need to enable it.
@@Louis-zl4tp Ok, I see but I find it more clutterd. Browser chrome in the sidebar, all the rest is the website/app
One thing I'd like to see is on Arc search if we could have the option to pin buttons on the bottom bar like a back button
I love the letting you know what tab your own feature. Idk how this isn’t implemented already, I get lost between tabs all the time, slowing down my workflow.
Great design, implementation, and editing. I can tell you put a lot of effort into what you do.
Thank you so much Brandon! I appreciate you watching and commenting!
Full Support, hope they hear you! Cant wait to try your version!!!
Gestures allow one to add new space, but it misses the concept of signifiers, yes you can afford to add a space using gesture, but what signifies that you can do it?
Also the + button allows adding other things, than just spaces.
Good design but i bet the sidebar could be shunk down to just icons such that whenever a user hovers to it, it expands to show the title of the tabs. Take microsoft edge for example
extremely amazing!!!! please dear god let this take off and get this man hired.
thank you so much! what stuck out to you the most?
@@nikhil_kulk just the way you put together the video like not only the graphics but the timing. you got it perfectly not too long or short. i just love your style 😭
@@scotdotwtf I appreciate that Scott. Playing around with timing definitely took some time to nail + finding the right inspiration for it but after multiple feedback sessions from friends felt it was ready haha
I'm totally with you the ability to close split screens and it would be nice for productivity purposes to know whats open and not, but honestly I haven't really experienced performance issues even when jumping across a ton of what I thick would be intensive apps and windows. I think you glossed over what I consider the absolutely best feature: spaces. It gives you real control in how you separate your life, accounts and more while at the same time easily bring something in from one part of your life or account into another. I have multiple work situations and personal areas and this is a game changer. I think with some AI in the future it could be even better. Another thing is windows. I sometimes work with 4 screeens and want to have 3 of my 4 screens in arc,
I love the video and the effort (and I do hope they hire you). One tiny comment I'd say as a product designer myself: your suggestion of moving things in the top bar wouldn't work for someone like me, as I never have this turned on (it's one of the main reasons why I use arc, by the way). But the suggestions in general, your thinking behind everything, the effort, and the video are AWESOME :)
Thank you so much for your feedback and I appreciate you resonating with my design thinking. This definitely doesn't need to be the only or final solution as Arc can always reiterate as things progress, but I thought it could simplify some of the increased mouse movement from left to right for specific features in the library as a step up from where they are currently at haha. Thanks again for watching, I appreciate it! :)
In an attempt to increase viewing area, adding a horizontal bar at top, without reducing the minimum width of sidebar; seems counterproductive. But Test and iterate. Good work buddy.
archived tabs is so necessary at this point!!
Now all I am waiting is Josh's team to hire this guy. Great work
Thank you Nova! Hope you have a great day!
Certainly it would benefit from automatic grouping like Opera.
Love the new changes proposed especially getting out of split screen initially I just closed both the pages and opened them manually so confusing. At that time I thought of the exact change which you proposed
All the best btw hope Arc hires you :)
So happy to hear you resonated with it Margs! And thank you! Feel free to share this video with anyone else you think that may be interested!
requiring an account to use Arc is still the #1 pain point that will never get me to try it out until they remove it.
This video concept is gaining popularity. It's a great way for creators to showcase their portfolios. :)
Yes! And a pretty fun one too. I find them to be a lot more consumable than written case studies even though both have their place for different needs.
some of the things you mentioned are gone as soon as a user presses CMD+SHIFT+D, if you know what I mean
The points you mentioned were great, the video was really well made!
if new update has this feature i will use arc again 😍
I agree with some suggestions like archived tabs buttons but the top bar and having the buttons all the time staring at you is the exact opposite of what arc is so while it’s your own opinion I don’t think many people are lazy enough to learn some basic keyboard shortcuts. Don’t expect to get anywhere based on some clickbait content.
why did i watch this till the end I have my history exams tomorrow 😭
yesss, the thing that bugs me the most is that I don't know which tabs are unloaded or active. An option to unload a tab would be cool too.
And btw, I'm sure that you will get at least a interview with them
Im not a fan of the changes but I like the process and the video is a well made! subbed
Also change control+tab to show all open tabs...
This is really cool, for users that use a top bar. But what about for the users that don’t?
I sent them an email about you, specifying a link to this video and your e-mail address to support your idea in this regard and give them an impetus to develop the browser that many people (including you and me) love.
You have put a lot of effort on this video, the browser company gotta hire you. Congratulations 👏👏👏
I totally agree with this video. And great video in general. I subscribed in hope to see more design videos. You are talented
Arc needs you ASAP
My question is why? Why are we spending so much time ‘redesigning’ already good products?
He wants to get a job there. This is not the way though.
Just fantastic 🙅
Now when I think about it, the new designs like downloads, archived tabs and similar new features are not yet available to windows. Or is it just me?
Great work! I'm learning to do this animations so I can contribute with my own ideas. I think Arc Browser has a lot of potential too. I hope they are listening. Keep up the good work.
Thank you! And yeah after effect tutorials and making a plan ahead of time are the two most impactful ways to do it at scale. There will be limitations and there are usually multiple ways to do things but knowing at least one is all you need to get started since it's such a robust program. That and a good amount of computer RAM haha 😭
@@nikhil_kulk I do know a little after effects but I think that maybe Figma would help to make design propositions a lot more clear. What do you think?
Great video!! I use Arc everyday and your suggestions would be very useful 👍🏼
I'm glad you resonate with it! Thank you so much for check it out!
"let tim cook"
underrated
bruh i thought this would actualy be added, please hire him, you have to no matter what
do more redesignsss plss and pls upload consistentlyyyyy love watching something like this
I'ma congratulate you in advance because in a few months you'll probably be scooped up as an employee of BCNY.
Can you bring all of these features into ARC in Windows. Windows version is missing a lots 😭
What software did you use for the animation? It looks slick as!
I just want to add one more, how about showing the space name or at least the space icon on the menu bar?
Hey can you do something about the windows version? It just looks pale for some reason.
Cheers from Mexico 🇲🇽, letting my comment here before this goes viral 😎
neat
For me Arc still needs more work. And I cannot really use it as my main browser since I'm still mainly using Linux outside of my Macbook. These changes are neat and I'd love to see every single one of them, especially the accidental archival of bookmarks. What the heck were they thinking?
I appreciate you resonating with the changes I proposed and sharing that you're interested but still needing some more feature implementation. Is there something you are waiting for that would make you want to fully switch from Linux?
@@nikhil_kulkwhy would I ever fully switch from Linux? I'm never going to do that.
Think of giving back the horizontal tabs as well.
The arc community is so toxic everytime its mentioned.
At least option to toggel is enough. No need to make it a default
His recesign 8mo mixed vetical and horizontal, making the UX worse than having either or
This video was just incredible. #ArcHireHim
4:30 this is a much needed improvement! So frustrating
This video is awesome!
Thanks for checking it out Karthik!
Very neat video, loved the idea. Good work bro keep it up 🎉
Spaming on every arc posts till they notice. 😂
WE NEED OUR BOOKMARKS!!
WE NEED OUR BOOKMARKS!!
WE NEED OUR BOOKMARKS!!
before they add this, just make a bookmarks folder in your arc copy until they do it
what do you mean bookmarks? You are always in the bookmarks 😌
@@jfabriciovr Bookmarks are not my mama's house i don't want to be in it all day. 😆
Great work man, really appreciate that ⭐
tip, im listening on speakers and facing audio balance issues , it seems the audio levels go down once u end a sentence, fixing that might just make this a tier 1 channel
Thanks for letting me know, I'll look into that more. Are you listening on speakers from your laptop or external ones
@@nikhil_kulk external speakers
when i imported my 4k+ bookmarks it just crashed... xd not an browser for people that use bookmarks a loot and have hundreds of bookmarks folders...
you good bro. A great case study!
Great great great
Great work !
What tool are you using to build your feature map ? :)
Damn nice way to apply to a company! You’re lacking some technical knowledge though which can go a long way. A lot of youre ideas might get shot down. Knowing how to prioritize and sequence your features into segments and micro updates can solve for this which needs some foundational understandings around browser tech and web tech. Nothing major just foundations.
Thank you so much for watching and your comment genshian! I definitely have some more things to explore on a technical level (especially exploring more of Swift's framework since that is what Arc is built mainly in) to see the limitations but its all a process haha.
was one of the discord users that got interviewed👋
Great work hope you get the job
Pin websites, you don't even know they are open unless you click them. If it loads fast, it means they are open. That's the only way you will know. haha
arc is cool but too resource intensive, im happy with a regular old browser ;-;
shortcuts are the point of Arc
Poor man’s juxtaposed
just suggest them to return bookmarks, please!
i wanted to like this but unfortunately i just can’t
It's okay, I sincerely appreciate you commenting and checking it out. If you want to share, what felt like it didn't quite meet the mark in enjoying it?
@@nikhil_kulki agree that the library needs some work and the dot design for opened tabs is a good idea. FOR ME, the tool bar being on top of the websites is so ugly and in the way. I wish they had an option to hide when you were on split view actually
also i feel like something like modal that’s accessible via shortcut only(maybe) would be a good place for downloads.
what's the difference between ui and ux tell me hindi, tommorow is my interview
U are so underrated :(((
Leave it up to the UI/UX designers to compare themselves to Steve Jobs because they added a sidebar to chrome
Good shit though. Would hire in an instant. Some of the features like drag and drop could prove tricky on a webpage.
Glad you enjoyed! And yes I mentioned at the end but there will definitely need to be some more user testing before implementing these changes fully to make sure most of the use cases are met.
why mac version better then windowssss😫futures
I am not using Arc for the sole reason that it is Chromium based
With what softwear did you do your protoype?
And your animation?
I made the prototyping in Figma using a mix of screen shots for referencing since I don't have access to a component library to make it exactly pixel perfect but aimed for very close. Animation for motion graphics was done in After Effects, and I compiled all the sequences in Premiere Pro adjusting music and voice over through there as well. Let me know if you have other questions on the technical aspects of things.
Arc is just a pale imitation of Vivadi
Why
What software are you using for this
This is a reply I gave to someone else that asked a similar question below:
I made the prototyping in Figma using a mix of screen shots for referencing since I don't have access to a component library to make it exactly pixel perfect but aimed for very close. Animation for motion graphics was done in After Effects, and I compiled all the sequences in Premiere Pro adjusting music and voice over through there as well. Let me know if you have other questions on the technical aspects of things
i hope you get a job with them
IS HE TELUGU SPEAKING???
what is this dog cooking⁉⁉
Way too cluttered for me either way
Windows version is still ugly and glitchy lol